Spanish National Newspaper Forced to Rectify Accusations against Gibraltar

The Spanish national and regional "ABC" newspaper has rectified an
article published on the 10th May 2015 suggesting that Gibraltar was
uncooperative when it comes to tax information exchange.

Her Majesty’s
Government of Gibraltar instructed Charles A Gomez & Co to file a claim for
rectification under an expedited procedure under Spanish law for the correction
of inaccurate news items. The "ABC" has duly
complied by publishing an article setting out the various international legal
instruments available both in Gibraltar and Spain for mutual exchange of fiscal
information.

The retraction informs the "ABC"s readers that in the
last 2 ½ years the Gibraltar Income Tax Department has received no less than 50
requests from the Spanish tax authorities, the majority of which have already
been processed successfully. It reminds that in June 2013 Chief Minister Fabian
Picardo wrote to the Minister of Hacienda, Cristobal Montoro asking for a
bilateral agreement with Spain but that Montoro has never replied.

The retraction is a radical u-turn in a newspaper
which, over the years has not missed an opportunity of criticising Gibraltar in
a whole range of matters.

A previous article published in the 23rd February 2015
edition which connected Gibraltar to organised crime has led to the
commencement of legal proceedings by the Gibraltar Government in a Madrid court.
Again, this action is spearheaded by Charles A Gomez & Co. A trial date has
been set for the end of the year.

Speaking
to the Gibraltar Broadcasting
Corporation Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said that these legal
actions were meant to show the right wing Spanish press that their defamation
of Gibraltar would no longer go unanswered.

He thanked the legal teams in Gibraltar and Spain for
achieving this success in defence of Gibraltar's good name.

Spanish Newspaper ABC Rectifies Defamatory Claims Against Gibraltar

In Progress - The Legal Battle Continues Over Further Defamatory Claims

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